Games & Escape Rooms in the Okanagan
Escape rooms, bowling, arcades, laser tag and golf simulators — the best ways to beat a rainy day with friends.
9 verified indoor & rainy day spots across the Okanagan Valley.
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14 matching spots — Games & Escape Rooms.
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Energyplex
Family entertainment centre with laser tag, a 30-foot climbing wall, laser maze, Power Grid, a 35+ game ticket arcade and a kids' zone. There's also a licensed lounge and concession for the adults.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Exit Kelowna Escape Games
Exit Kelowna Escape Games has five themed rooms: Abandoned, Haunted, Pirate Cove, Potions and Runaway Train. Teams of two to six work together against the clock, making it a solid pick for groups and families; players need to be 7 or older, with an adult along for kids up to 10. Book about a week ahead to be sure of a spot, and arrive 15 minutes early.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Kelowna Escape Room by Omni
A downtown escape game that sprawls across several themed rooms – living room, office, kitchen – with live actors and electronic puzzles woven into the story. Games run about an hour and suit ages 7 and up.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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McCurdy Bowling Centre
McCurdy Bowling Centre is a big, all-ages bowling centre with 24 ten-pin and 6 five-pin lanes, plus cosmic bowling and lane-side food and drinks from the attached Freddy's Brewpub. It hosts leagues, birthday parties and group events, so reserving a lane online is a good idea, especially on a wet weekend.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Okanagan Bowling Club (OBC)
Okanagan Bowling Club (OBC) is a five-pin bowling centre in Capri Centre, in the former Capri Lanes space, billed as the largest 5-pin alley in the Okanagan. A game is about $8.50 for teens and adults and $8 for kids, plus shoe rental, and weekends add glow-in-the-dark laser bowling. Reserve a lane online (up to six bowlers each); food and drinks make it an easy group outing.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Scandia Golf & Games
Family fun centre with an indoor jungle-themed mini golf course and an arcade of over 140 video and redemption games. In summer it adds outdoor mini golf, go-karts and batting cages.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Xperience Games Kelowna
Xperience Games Kelowna runs tech-based escape rooms with no locks or keys, such as Haunted Apartment and Cosmic Color Heist, alongside more than a dozen VR escape games. Most games run 60 minutes for two to six players, ages 7 and up. Physical rooms are private to your group at about $38 a player, while VR games cap out at four players.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Penticton Virtual Reality Studio
Penticton Virtual Reality Studio is a small VR studio inside the Cannery Trade Centre where you book headsets by the hour, try VR escape experiences, or play free arcade games, an infinity game table and foosball. It's open by appointment only, so reserve your session online first. Private party packages add a game room plus a gift and dining area, making it a handy rainy-day birthday spot.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Beyond Belief Escape Rooms
Beyond Belief Escape Rooms on 25th Street in Vernon has six themed escape rooms, from Lost Island to Wizards Academy, where teams of 2-8 have 60 minutes to solve their mission. Kids 12 and under are welcome with adult supervision. Rooms are booked online, and it's worth reserving early to get the time slot your group wants.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
Indoor golf & simulators
Year-round golf simulators, listed with the rest of the Okanagan golf.
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The Fringe Indoor Golf
The Fringe Indoor Golf is Kelowna's 24/7, staffless simulator space in the AQUA building right off Lakeshore. Book online, and secure mobile access with emailed entry details replaces a front desk. Four Trackman iO bays (three open, one private room) track every shot across more than 300 virtual courses, with Trackman tournaments for anyone chasing bragging rights. A quiet, naturally lit lounge feels more private club than warehouse, and hourly rates of about $40 to $80, with member discounts, suit beginners and low-handicappers alike.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Back Nine Indoor Golf
Back Nine Indoor Golf brought a 24-hour indoor golf simulator to Vernon in early 2026, the first Back Nine franchise in Canada, with three roomy private bays running Full Swing technology and a course library that spans Pebble Beach, TPC Sawgrass, Cabot Links, Cabot Cliffs, St. Andrews and Royal St. George's. No membership is required to book a bay, and most 18-hole rounds wrap in 45 minutes to an hour; members get round-the-clock access to play whenever the mood strikes. Junior and adult camps and clinics build fundamentals, while the lounge and private-bay setup make it a natural fit for leagues, birthday parties, date nights and corporate outings.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Cue's Game Room
Cue's Game Room is a billiards hall and sports bar on Main Street in Penticton, known for some of the best-maintained pool tables in Western Canada: twelve 7-foot and two 9-foot Diamond tables plus a Star snooker table, at about $20 an hour, pro-rated to the minute. Book ahead; groups of any size are welcome. Five tables sit in an alcohol-free family area, and minors can join a parent in the 19+ section until 9 p.m. Expect darts and board games; well-behaved dogs are welcome on the patio.
Rainy day: Billiards hall with a family area
Dog-Friendly Patio Kid-Friendly Sports TV +3 more
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Sun Bowl Arena
Skating in Canada's warmest town is free: the Rotary Club of Osoyoos sponsors public skating at the Sun Bowl Arena on Saturday (5:15 to 6:15 p.m.) and Sunday (3:30 to 4:45 p.m.), and the lobby Skate Library lends skates free. Bring a helmet, which is required. Monday and Wednesday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. is the Senior & Tot Skate, and Tuesday and Thursday is shinny for players 19+ in full gear. As home of the Osoyoos Coyotes, the arena sometimes bumps sessions for bookings, so check the town's calendar.
Rainy day: Indoor ice: free public skating
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit
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Twice The Dice Board Game Cafe and bar
More than 1,000 board games and walls stacked floor to ceiling with jigsaw puzzles set the scene at Twice The Dice, a board game café and bar on Bernard Avenue in Kelowna. Walk in or book a table, pick a game, and order from a menu of game-themed dishes like samosas, butter chicken wraps, soups and table-top pizzas. Boozy milkshakes and Kawartha ice cream round it out, and Tuesday evening is open game night.
Rainy day: Board game cafe
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Open Late